1. FC Cologne: Cologne must do without Uth in Derby

Football Bundesliga club 1. FC Cologne must do without the diseased Mark Uth in the Rheinische Derby on Sunday at Bayer Leverkusen. The offensive player is expected to replace Ondrej Duda. "He would be a way," said coach Steffen Baumgart on Friday, but also called Dejan Ljubicic as an option. In the team back comes after surviving Corona infection defender Timo Hübers. In Leverkusen the coach wants to "win". Because: "We want to reduce the distance upwards." His plan: "We want to attack early and have a lot of possession of possession. We want to win balls and to earn scorchances." The FC is in eighth place, only one point behind the seventh place, which may still be entitled to participate in the European Cup.